Schleicher ASK-21
N341KS is a Schleicher ASK-21, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Skyline Soaring Club INC, a corporation in Front Royal, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 20, 2003.
Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 2:59 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schleicher
- Model
- ASK-21 · all ASK-21s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A glass-fibre glider. This is how the Schleicher ASK-21 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 21752
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A3C1F7 (octal 50740767)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 28, 2024
- Expires
- August 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 28, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 20, 2003
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00025689
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skyline Soaring Club INC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 424 South St # 172
Front Royal, VA 22630-2116
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N341KS links to the rest of the register
- Schleicher ASK-21 43 registered
- Schleicher 506 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Skyline Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- Front Royal, VA 29 aircraft registered in this town
- Front Royal-Warren County · FRR
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- Where N341KS is now · Last seen October 10 at 2:59 pm.
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The public federal record on N341KS, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Skyline Soaring Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 28, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 20, 2003, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21752 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N341KS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Schleicher ASK-21 (serial 21252, cancelled August 8, 2002). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N341KS: Accident on October 6, 2024 at Front Royal, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 16, 2002 at Woodstock, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASK-21 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a hard, bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASK21 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to recognize the loss of orographic lift conditions. A factor was the loss of orographic lift.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data
